Karl sent a message to the Guild, letting them know that he was going to travel for a few days to check on some potential new hires, and received immediate indignation in return.
Neither Dana nor Lotus was happy that he was going on a road trip without them, but they both had tasks left in the city. Even Thor and Rae were going to be remaining behind, in case Karl was slow to return.
The only ones who would be coming with Karl on this trip were Hawk and Cara, as well as the reclusive Little Butterfly, whose trauma regarding the outside world left it unwilling to go outside its space.
No matter how curious it was about the world.
After all, it could create illusions to interact with the world, and the illusionary Library would be fine, even if it were thousands of kilometres away. It had designed the space to fuel itself, so it wouldn't run out of mana, as long as it wasn't heavily damaged.
"Are we all going? Or just one?" Karl asked.
